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Shelbourne owner Ollie Byrne said yesterday that he will present the Revenue Commissioners with a payment of €300,000 at the High Court tomorrow to prevent the club being closed down.

‘I have a draft for the entire sum that I will be collecting out of my bank at half-nine or a quarter to 10, even though the bank doesn’t open till 10,’ Byrne, right, told the column. ‘I will be heading towards the court with the draft where I will meet our solicitors. The draft will be handed over to an official from the Revenue Commissioners.’

Last month, the Commissioners applied to the court to wind up the company Accolade, which controls the club, because of an unpaid bill and a deadline of tomorrow was issued for the matter to be settled.